Why You Should Eat Fat To Get Fit

Posted: January 1st, 2010 | Author: Dr. Bill | No Comments »

I hope everyone had a wonderful Mother’s Day. In the restaurant business, Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year, traditionally, and yesterday didn’t look like the recession had slowed that trend any. I drove by many places I like to go, and there were long lines waiting to get in.

Standing in long lines is something I don’t do very well, so I passed on those places and found a nice restaurant that was busy, but not overwhelmed.

Recently, I have been following a continuing debate in the medical community about diet, and the amount of fat you should have in your diet. If you’re a little bit like me, you wish that there was a magic pill that could take care of this, but nobody has that formula at present, and maybe we never will.

But some studies have shown a remarkable relationship between fish oil and weight loss, and it doesn’t matter which healthy diet you are following. The medical community has been aware of the health benefits of fish oil for some time, but there had never been a published relationship between fish oil and weight loss.

In May of 2007, the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition mentions this:

“The test group which incorporated essential fatty acids into their weight loss plan lost more body fat than all the other test groups, combined.”

That is startlingly good news for everyone trying to drop a pound or two, including me.

What isn’t known is why EPA/DHA (essential fatty acids) get this done.

I could postulate a number of reasons why I think this happens, but I’ll let the researchers do that, and talk about their conclusion, which is that you can lose more weight with fish oil in your diet, than without.

The researchers also found that a combination of fish oil and exercise worked best, something I’ve saying for quite some time.

Something else: It was also found that there was a direct relationship between the quality of the fish oil used and the price, and the studies suggested that people not skimp, by buying low priced fish oils.

Dr. Bill’s Powerhouse Omega Formula  isn’t cheap. It’s one of the more expensive brands on the market, and always will be, because here at the command center, quality is the number one issue.  You couldn’t get a higher quality fish oil, even with a prescription. Let’s face it–you get what you pay for.

The folks that are taking it currently must think so, too. The drop rate since we started shipping is less than 2%. The normal drop rate for other companies in this business is 70% or higher. While this isn’t strictly scientific, it is extremely strong anecdotal evidence. As far as I know, people won’t take something, month after month, if they feel it isn’t doing them any good.

Not only that, but there hasn’t been one complaint about fish burps. That’s the beauty of the enteric coated soft gel, which rides the train to the last stop, before dissolving, eliminating this pesky problem, which is often found in the cheaper versions of fish oil.

So if you want to lose a little of that spare tire, get my top shelf, ultra pure, pharmaceutical grade fish oil, Dr. Bill’s Powerhouse Omega Formula,  which gets you the essential fat you need, to be fit.

I’ll be back tomorrow with more.

With my best wishes for your optimum health,

Dr. Bill

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